Greenham Common Nonviolent Resistance

Despite the dangers of nuclear tests and the possibilities of nuclear war, we believe that there is hope. Despite the obstacles, we believe that:

Men are capable of sanity and courage;

Men can be moved to action to preserve life;

Effective action is possible.

We believe that actionagainst nuclear war by nonviolent resistance is our human and democratic responsibility. What is nonviolent resistance, why do we use it, and how is it democratic?

Nonviolent resistance is a way of acting against policies of violence. It means that people act to withdraw their support, and at times nonviolently intervene, in opposition to the policies they oppose. They may use such methods as marches, vigils, refusing certain jobs, strikes, boycotts, fasting, sit-downs, silence, civil disobedience, and nonviolent intervention. In it people must be nonviolent while taking part in resistance, but resisters do not have to be pacifists.